The Smyrna Bulldogs will take on the Lebanon Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Smyrna has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight losses, while Lebanon will come in with five straight victories.
Smyrna lost 50-27 to Stewarts Creek on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Red Hawks are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Lebanon took their game on Saturday with ease, bagging a 68-28 win over Wayne County. The Blue Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Lebanon pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.1 points. As for Smyrna, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Smyrna took a serious blow against Lebanon in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 62-32. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lebanon's Ta'Kisa Hastings, who went 7 of 9 on her way to 16 points. Now that Smyrna knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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